Embryonic Stem Cells are the most powerful stem cells, which can differentiate into every kind of cell type needed to build a human and are harvested out of living embryos. Second, embryonic stem cells can be transplanted to everyone without rejection. There is scientific interest in using embryonic cells to treat certain genetic disorders. Third, because of the fact that embryonic stem cells can form every type of cell, there is also a high risk that these cells can differentiate in a tumor cell2.
Nowadays from an ethical perspective, there is a lot of debate ongoing concerning the use of embryonic stem cells. The embryonic stem cells are harvested out of living embryos and this bears the risk of selling embryos to cell banks.
In our treatments and therapies we only utilize adult stem cells!
References
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formation by human embryonic stem cells. Cell Cycle. 2009; 8(16): 2608-12.